# I forget, do we have a general HurricaneDitka Pit thread?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 6, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952 "2018-01-06T00:15:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/434 "2018-07-04T03:57:50Z")

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[Hurricane is so anxious to gloat at liberals over conservative wins](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=857889) that he links to a story about how McCain is gonna resign on July 4. HD doesn’t, of course, seek any confirmation of this story from the Santa Monica Observer, so other folks dig around–and finally **Lord Feldon** finds confirmation.

Confirmation that Hurricane is a dumbass.

> [@John McCain to resign on 4th of July](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/49):
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> I was still wondering why this little paper in California would (still) be the only place with this news, so I looked at some of the reporter’s other big scoops. With stories like “[Montana Rancher Shoots, Kills Rare Mexican Chupacabra, DNA Tests Confirm](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/06/24/science/montana-rancher-shoots-kills-rare-mexican-chupacabra-dna-tests-confirm/3501.html)” and “[Remains of an Ancient Civilization Discovered on Mars by NASA’s Planet Surveyor](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/05/20/news/remains-of-an-ancient-civilization-discovered-on-mars-by-nasas-planet-surveyor/3455.html)” under his belt, it’s no wonder that he was given this big news too.

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